All for ONE

An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a bundle of sticks, and said to his eldest son: "Break it." The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the Bundle. The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. "Untie the bundle," said the father, "and each of you take a stick." When they had done so, he called out to them: "Now, break," and each stick was easily broken. "You see my meaning," said their father.

Union gives strength

I'm on Day 2.... I guess it's not too bad. I weighed myself this morning, and that little bit was enough to give me inspiration to keep going. I'm not really hungry per se... Last night I cut up some squash, onion, carrots, and potatoes and boiled them soft. Then I put them in a blender and ate that. It wasn't bad at all either. I think that's what will be for dinner tonight. I feel like I may be pushing it to think I'll do this for 21 days. I'm pretty motivated, but I'm also being realistic. I like to go to the gym and workout, but right now, I'm a little nervous to. I may have the energy, but I have a headache that wont go away, and I'm afraid I may pass out. Maybe at day 4 or 5 I'll try a workout. Last night, the Acai Berry supplement had me WIRED. I couldn't sleep at all, but I can admit that when I woke up this morning, I wasn't really "tired". My  body wasn't tired, I just felt like maybe I should've been.

The BEST news is that I've got my sister on board to do this with me. My BFF would do it, but she's preggo, and we don't want Baby Izzy coming out defective cuz she decided to detox at the end of her pregnancy. She's so determined to not be a cow after giving birth (which will NOT be the case cuz she's so small and cute now) that she'll try whatevers healthy. My BFF has to be one of the best people ever. We have this thing where we may disagree on something the others doing, but no matter what we still have each others back... "Well girl, I don't like it, but you know I'll help you hide the body".

 Another of my besties is going to start once he's over his chili cook off at work. (Can you call a male a "bestie"? He'll probably say no, but I'll do it anyway). He's always down for the cause when it comes to doing things like this. We tend to be pretty supportive of one another which is such a GREAT thing, cuz I know there are times when I need that male perspective, and times when he needs me slap him upside the back of his head.

Well back to my sister. She started today. It makes things a little easier to know someone else is going through this mess with you. And since my sister JUST started, she's going through the feelings of just saying eff it like I was yesterday. She'll be fine though. Her endurance for something she really wants is AMAZING, so I know she'll finish it out.

Its intriguing to know how much easier things get when you have people on your side to back you up. Just to call up and say "man... I want a donut..." and for them to remind me that there are other goals that I want just a little bit more. Having my sister do this with me is making me a little stronger. It's giving me that extra "Umph" I probably wouldn't have otherwise. I'll probably do this again when my BFF is able to, and I know I'll walk my other friend through it... if anything, I need to keep it up at least until he's able to start... so he'll have something to see, and look forward to. A finished product if you will.

But honestly speaking... I'd do some strange shit right about now for a cheeseburger and some hot wings.

Day 2...